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15 Oct 2015 The State Fair, the Best of Times, and the Worst of Times

Posted at 23:44h in The Friday Brief by Jared Korver, CPA, CFP®

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^{Curtesy of: https://www.flickr.com/photos/outofideas/}[/caption] My wife Amy and I are taking our son Miles to the fair this afternoon, and as I thought back to my own State Fair memories of riding bumper cars and watching all kinds of people, I was reminded yet again of the important role experiences play in our lives. At Beacon we have the privilege of helping folks dream about and actually make a reality some really neat experiences, which is a tremendous joy to us.

18 Sep 2015 The Way Things Work

Posted at 13:35h in The Friday Brief by Jared Korver, CPA, CFP®

When I was a kid, we had a book in our house (well, we had LOTS of books, but this was one of them) entitled The Way Things Work, which was written and illustrated by David Macaulay. It's a magical book full of all kinds of crazy, hand-drawn pictures illustrating, well, the way things work. From augers to grand pianos to zoom lenses and just about everything in between.

14 Aug 2015 What a 10-day Traffic Jam Can Teach Us About Money

Posted at 12:25h in The Friday Brief by Jared Korver, CPA, CFP®

You probably saw something in the past few weeks about the alarming volatility of the Chinese stock market, and more recently its currency devaluation. If you didn't, the short version is that things are a bit messy there these days. That being said, I'm not going...

26 Jun 2015 Is It Better to Rent or Buy Your Home?

Posted at 11:01h in The Friday Brief by Jared Korver, CPA, CFP®

Chances are, if you live in the Triangle area, you or someone you know has recently bought or sold or is shopping for a home and experienced how fast the market is moving here. People are moving to the area in droves, interest rates are...